戴尔美语练功坊全民英检阅读测验(9/23)
下面一篇阅读测验,大约在英检中级程度,同学可试做看看,
了解自己的实力。
Dentists think that women can put up with more pain than men.
Michael is a dentist and he says, "Women are more aware of
what pain is than a man." Men do not seem to expect any pain and
are surprised when the drilling hurts. Pain researchers think that
men don't prepare for pain. A dental patient says, "I think men just
try to fight the pain head-on."
There is the pain only a mother can know. Stephanie says,
"I thought to myself when I had a child, my husband could never
go through this." Bruce was working out at the gym when he said,
"I think it is a big cover-up; men grunt and groan and scream at
a gym more than women do. Women are much more stoic."
Some people wonder how pain tolerance is figured out.
One weight lifter said, "How do you measure how much you do
show as compared to someone else? I think we need a pain-o-meter
before we can do this really right."
How about for those who have lived through years of pain?
John says, "I think women endure pain better than men do but
complain more often about it." Park says his wife complained to him
for years about her stomach problems. What about her ability to
cope with pain? He says, "She can take it. I don't know how
she can take it. When she goes to the dentist, she feels nothing."
In the end, we all have to grin and bear it.
1. What is the title for this report?
(A) Seeing a Dentist (B) Putting Up with Pain
(C) Measuring Pain (D) Fighting Pain
2. A pain-o-meter would be something that is used to _________.
(A) cause people to feel pain (B) help a dentist drill teeth
(C) reduce patient's pain (D) measure people's pain tolerance
3. According to John's observation, ___________.
(A) women complain about pain more often than men do.
(B) men can endure pain better than women do.
(C) men use grunts and groans as a cover-up.
(D) men cannot bear pain as women do because the former never
give a birth.
4. Stephanie thought that men couldn't stand as much pain as
women because ________.
(A) men more often feel pain
(B) men wouldn't be able to stand the pain of childbirth
(C) women are tougher than men spiritually
(D) men are more stoic than women in many ways
答案:1. B 2. D 3. A 4. B
原文及题目翻译:
牙医师认为女人比难人能忍受疼痛。麦克是牙医,他说:“女人比男人
更了解疼痛。”男人似乎料想不到会有疼痛,当钻牙产生疼痛时,他们就
很惊讶。研究疼痛的人认为,男人没有心理准备接受疼痛。一位牙医的
病患说:“我认为男人只想要硬碰硬的对抗疼痛”。
有一种疼痛是只有身为人母的人才懂得。史蒂芬妮说:“我生孩子时
心理面想着,我先生绝对无法忍受这种痛苦。”布鲁斯在健身房做运动时
说:“我想那是一种掩饰,男人在健身房比女人更常抱怨、呻吟、哀叫,
女人比较能忍耐。”
有些人想了解如何测出疼痛的容忍度。有一位举重选手说:“要怎么去
测量出你和他人相较之下表现的疼痛程度?我认为我们得先有一个测量
疼痛的仪器,然后才能把这件事做对。”
至于那些今年累月生活在疼痛中的人又是如何呢?约翰说:“我想女人
比男人能忍受疼痛,但是比较常抱怨疼痛。”派克说他太太多年来一直
向他抱怨胃肠问题,至于他太太忍受疼痛的能力如何呢?他说:“她很能忍,
我不知道她怎么能忍的,她去看牙医,她什么感觉都没有。”
终究,对于疼痛,我们都得忍受。
1. 本文的标题为何?
(A) 看牙医 (B) 忍受疼痛
(C) 测量疼痛 (D) 对抗疼痛
2. 疼痛的测量器是一种用来____________的东西。
(A) 使人感到疼痛 (B) 帮助牙医钻牙齿
(C) 减少病人疼痛 (D) 测量人的疼痛忍耐度
3. 根据约翰的观察,__________________。
(A) 女人比男人更常抱怨疼痛
(B) 男人比女人更能忍受疼痛
(C) 男人用抱怨和呻吟作为掩饰。
(D) 男人不如女人能忍痛,因为前者从未生过小孩。
4. 史蒂芬妮认为男人无法像女人那么能忍痛是因为___________。
(A) 男人比较常感觉到疼痛
(B) 男人无法忍受生孩子的疼痛
(C) 女人在精神上比较坚强
(D) 男人在很多方面比较坚忍